Founded by Robert Smiley and a partner, the paper was sold in 1877 to William Southam, who founded the Southam newspaper chain and made the Spectator the first of the chain.
He was killed in the Battle of the Somme, France, October 15, 1916 and is buried in Albert, France.
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